VICARAGE PUDDING

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 180 min Total: 180 min
Yield
5.0 – 6.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (7)
Instructions (5)
  1. Put all the ingredients into a basin, having previously stoned the raisins, and washed, picked, and dried the currants.
  2. Mix well with a clean knife.
  3. Dip the pudding-cloth into boiling water, wring it out, and put in the mixture.
  4. Have ready a saucepan of boiling water, plunge in the pudding, and boil for 3 hours.
  5. Turn it out on the dish, and serve with sifted sugar.
Original Text
VICARAGE PUDDING. 1378. INGREDIENTS.—1/4 lb. of flour, 1/4 lb. of chopped suet, 1/4 lb. of currants, 1/4 lb. of raisins, 1 tablespoonful of moist sugar, 1/2 teaspoonful of ground ginger, 1/2 saltspoonful of salt. Mode.—Put all the ingredients into a basin, having previously stoned the raisins, and washed, picked, and dried the currants; mix well with a clean knife; dip the pudding-cloth into boiling water, wring it out, and put in the mixture. Have ready a saucepan of boiling water, plunge in the pudding, and boil for 3 hours. Turn it out on the dish, and serve with sifted sugar. Time.—3 hours. Average cost, 8d. Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons. Seasonable.—Suitable for a winter pudding.
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